SoulCalibur V 360/PS3 promises an unlikely return for the series. This was the start of my multiplayer passion and its fifth iteration looks as strong as ever. There’s no better knife edge to cut your teeth on in the world of multiplayer gaming than a fighting game. I remember first encountering SoulCalibur (as Soul Edge [...]
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Metal Gear Solid HD gets a UK release on PS3 and more interestingly on 360. But more than this novelty it’s the quality of the original games that really excited me here. Being at the thin end of the console cycle is a double edged sword. Things are maxed out in terms of visuals and [...]
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Every year the videogame industry sits back and surveys all it has done. This is the time when the best games rise to the top of the barrel and the not so good ones slowly sink to the bottom. Here is the second part of the top games of the year for me. Best Platformer [...]
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Games of the Year 2011 Part 1 Every year the videogame industry sits back and surveys all it has done. This is the time when the best games rise to the top of the barrel and the not so good ones slowly sink to the bottom. Here is the first part of the top rental [...]
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Saints Row: The Third PS3/360 is a rental game on steroids. Even a hardened multiplayer loving gamer such as me can see the sound entertainment logic behind running around an imaginary city naked dominating enemies with psychic sea creatures. Some will dismiss all this frivolity as just that, a feel good flash in the pan, [...]
READ MORE »Christmas is just around the corner and so we wanted to update you on what we are doing over the holiday period. So, here are the key dates: Last return date for best chance of new games before Christmas – 15th December Last posting date from Boomerang before Christmas – 23rd December Boomerang offices closed [...]
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Need for Speed The Run on Xbox 360/PS3 turns it’s back on circuits in favour of a story driven point-to-point race. Blessed with Hot Pursuit’s Autolog system and Battlefield’s Frostbite 2 engine, it delivers a good rental game that should have been a lot better. The Need for Speed series has had something of a [...]
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Mario Kart 7 3DS leaves the random battling behind and delivers a real kart racing experience. Multiplayer modes lead a fleet of features to keep core fans just as happy as casual videogame renters. We all know the basics of Mario Kart. In this seventh outing on the 3DS things begin as usual. You select [...]
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To celebrate the recent release of Assassin’s Creed Revelations we’ve got 8 Assassin’s Creed Rabbid toys to give away plus Assassin’s Creed posters for the runners-up! To be in with a chance to win one of the Rabbids all you need to do is enter our retweet and follow competition. Just follow @boomeranggames and retweet [...]
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Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary (Xbox 360) is both old and new. It keeps the story, gameplay and controls perfectly intact from the original while shrouding the whole affair in the graphical goodness of Halo Reach. I enjoyed revisiting Zelda Ocarina of Time and Starfox 64 on the 3DS a few months back and I’m looking [...]
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